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1849-Seabury Ford. 1850-Reuben Wood.

1853-William Medill.

1856-Salmon P. Chase.

1860-William Dennison.

1862-David Todd.

1864-John Brough.

1865-C. Anderson (Acting Governor).

1866-Jacob D. Cox.

1868 Rutherford B. Hayes..
1872-Edward F. Noyes.
1874-William Allen.

1876 Rutherford B. Hayes.
1877-Thomas L. Young.
1878-Richard M. Bishop.
1880-Charles Foster.
1884-George Hoadley
1886-Joseph B. Foraker.
1890-James E. Campbell
1892-William McKinley.
1896-Asa S. Bushnell.
1900-George K. Nash.
1904-Myron T. Herrick.
1906-John M. Pattison.
1907-Andrew L. Harris.
1909-Judson Harmon.
1913-James M. Cox.

OKLAHOMA.

TERRITORY.

1890-George W. Steele. 1891-Abraham J. Seay. 1893 William C. Renfrow. 1897-C. M. Barnes.

1901-Thomas B. Ferguson. 1905-Frank Frantz.

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pany).

1907-Charles N. Haskell.

1911-Lee Cruce.

OREGON.

PROVISIONAL.

1845-George Abernethy.

TERRITORY.

1849-Joseph Lane.

1849-John P. Gaines.

1853-Joseph Lane.

1853-George L. Curry (Excepting

a few days in 1854 when J. W. Davis was governor).

STATE.

1859-John Whittaker.

1862-Addison C. Gibbs. 1866-George L. Woods. 1870-Lafayette S. Grover. 1877-S. F. Chadwick. 1878-William W. Thayer. 1882-Zenas F. Moody.

1658-William Beekman.

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1703-Council (E. Shippen, President).

1704-John Evans.

1709-Charles Gookin (Lieut.-Gov

ernor).

1717-Sir William Keith (Lieut.

Governor).

1726-Patrick Gordon (Lieut.-Gov

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Governor).

1763-John Penn.

1771-Council (J. Hamilton, President).

1771-Richard Penn.

1776-John Penn (Lieut.-Gov. ernor).

REVOLUTION.

1776, September,-1777, March. Committee of Safety (Benjamin Franklin, Chairman).

1777-1790-Supreme

Executive

Council of which the following were Presidents:

1777-Thomas Wharton, Jr.

1778-George Bryan (Acting Presi

dent).

1778-Joseph Reed.

1781-William Moore.

1782-John Dickinson.

1785-Benjamin Franklin. 1788-Thomas Mifflin.

STATE.

1790-Thomas Mifflin.

1799-Thomas McKean. 1808-Simon Snyder.

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1817-William Findlay.
1820-Joseph Heister.
1823-John A. Schulze.
1829-George Wolf.
1835-Joseph Ritner.
1839-David R. Porter.
1845-Francis A. Shunk.
1848- -William F. Johnston.
1852-William Bigler.
1855 James Pollock.
1858-William F. Packer.
1861-Andrew J. Curtin.
1867-John W. Geary.
1873-John F. Hartranft.
1879-Henry M. Hoyt.
1883-Robert E. Pattison.
1887-James A. Beaver.
1891-Robert E. Pattison.
1895-Daniel H. Hastings.
1899- -William A. Stone.

1903-Samuel W. Pennypacker.
1907-Edwin S. Stuart.
1911-John K. Tener.

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1690-Henry Bull.

1690-John Easton. 1695-Caleb Carr. 1696-Walter Clarke. 1698-Samuel Cranston. 1728-Joseph Jencks. 1732-William Wanton. 1734-John Wanton. 1740-Richard Ward. 1743-William Greene. 1745-Gideon Wanton. 1746-William Greene.

1747-Gideon Wanton. 1748-William Greene. 1755-Stephen Hopkins. 1757-William Greene. 1758-Stephen Hopkins. 1762 Samuel Ward. 1763-Stephen Hopkins. 1765-Samuel Ward. 1767-Stephen Hopkins. 1768-Josias Lyndon. 1769-Joseph Wanton.

STATE ORGANIZATION.

1775-Nicholas Cooke.
1778-William Greene, Jr.
1786-John Collins.
1790-Arthur Fenner.

1805-Paul Mumford (Acting Governor).

1805-Henry Smith (Acting Governor).

1806-Isaac Wilbur (Acting Governor).

1807-James Fenner.
1811-William Jones.
1817-Nehemiah R. Knight.
1821-William C. Gibbs.
1824 James Fenner.

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1863-William C. Cozzens (Acting

Governor).

1863-James Y. Smith.

1866-Ambrose E. Burnside.

1869-Seth Padelford.

1873-Henry Howard.

1875-Henry Lippitt.

1877-Charles C. Van Zandt. 1880-A. H. Littlefield. 1883-A. O. Bourn.

1885-George P. Wetmore. 1887-John W. Davis. 1888-Royal C. Taft. 1889-Herbert W. Ladd. 1890-John W. Davis. 1891-Herbert W. Ladd. 1892-D. Russell Brown. 1895-Charles W. Lippitt. 1897-Elisha Dyer. 1900-William Gregory. 1901-Charles D. Kimball. 1903-Lucius F. C. Garvin. 1905-George H. Utter. 1907-James H. Higgins. 1909-Aram J. Pothier.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

ORIGINAL LORDS PROPREITORS.

1663-Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon; George Monck, Duke of Albemarle; William, Earl of Craven; John, Lord Berkeley; Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley; Sir George Carteret; Sir William Berkeley; Sir John Colleton.

PROPRIETARY GOVERNORS.

1670-William Sayle.
1671-Joseph West.
1672-Sir John Yeamans.
1674-Joseph West.

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UNDER THE CROWN.

1719-James Moore, 2d.
1721-Sir Francis Nicholson.

1724 Arthur Middleton (President of Council).

1729-Robert Johnson.

1735-Thomas Broughton (Lieut.Governor).

1737-William Bull (President of Council and Lieut.-Governor). 1743-James Glen.

1756-William Henry Lyttelton. 1760-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor).

1761-Thomas Boone. 1764-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor).

1766-Lord Charles Greville Montagu.

1768-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor).

1768-Lord Charles Greville Montagu.

1769-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor).

1771-Lord Charles Greville Mon

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1802-James B. Richardson. 1804-Paul Hamilton. 1806-Charles Pinckney. 1808-John Drayton. 1810-Henry Middleton. 1812-Joseph Alston. 1814-David R. Williams. 1816-Andrew Pickens. 1818-John Geddes. 1820-Thomas Bennett. 1822-John L. Wilson. 1824-Richard I. Manning. 1826-John Taylor. 1828-Stephen D. Miller. 1830-James Hamilton. 1832-Robert Y. Hayne. 1834-George McDuffie. 1836-Pierce M. Butler. 1838-Patrick Noble. 1840-B. K. Henagan. 1840-John P. Richardson. 1842-James H. Hammond. 1844-William Aiken. 1845-David Johnson. 1848-W. B. Seabrook. 1850-John H. Means. 1852-John L. Manning. 1854-James J. Adams. 1856-Robert F. W. Allston. 1858-William H. Gist. 1860-Francis W. Pickens. 1862-Milledge L. Bonham. 1864-A. Gordon Magrath. 1865-Benjamin F. Perry (Provisional Governor). 1865-James L. Orr.

1865-Gen. Daniel E. Sickles (Military Governor).

1865-Gen. E. R. S. Canby (Military Governor). 1868-Robert K. Scott. 1872-Franklin J. Moses, Jr. 1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain. 1876-Wade Hampton. 1879-William D. Simpson. 1880-T. B. Jeter. 1880-Johnson Hagood. 1882-Hugh S. Thompson. 1886-John C. Sheppard. 1886-John P. Richardson. 1890-Benjamin R. Tillman. 1894-John Gary Evans. 1897-William H. Ellerbe. 1899-Miles B. McSweeney. 1903-Duncan Clinch Heyward. 1907-Martin F. Ansel. 1911-Cole L. Blease.

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1782-John Mathewes.

1783-Benjamin Guerard.

1785-William Moultrie.

1787-Thomas Pinckney.

1789-Charles Pinckney.

1792-William Moultrie.

1794-Arnoldus VanderHorst.

1796-Charles Pinckney.

1798--Edward Rutledge.

1800-John Drayton.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

TERRITORY.

For Governors of Dakota Territory see North Dakota.

STATE.

1889-Arthur C. Mellette. 1893-Charles H. Sheldon.

1897-Robert L. Taylor.

1899-Benton McMillan.

1903-James B. Frazier.

1905-John I. Cox.

1907-Malcolm R. Patterson. 1911-Ben W. Hooper.

GOVERNORS.

551

TEXAS.

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STATE GOVERNORS. 1846-James P. Henderson. 1849-George T. Wood. 1849-P. Hansborough Bell. 1853-E. M. Pease. 1857-Hardin R. Runnels. 1859-Sam Houston. 1861-Edward Clark.

1861-Francis R. Lubbock.

1863-Pendleton Murrah.

1865-Andrew J. Hamilton (Provisional Governor).

1866-James W. Throckmorton. 1867-E. M. Pease.

1870-Edmund J. Davis.
1874-Richard Coke.

1877-Richard B. Hubbard.
1879-Oran M. Roberts.
1883-John Ireland.
1887-Lawrence S. Ross.
1891-James S. Hogg.
1895-Charles A. Culberson.
1899-Joseph D. Sayers.
1903-Samuel W. T. Lanham
1907-Thomas M. Campbell
1911-Oscar B. Colquitt.

UTAH.

TERRITORY.

1850-Brigham Young. 1854-Edwin J. Steptoe. 1857-Alfred Cummings. 1861-Stephen S. Harding. 1864-James D. Doty. 1865-Charles Durkee. 1870-J. Wilson Shaffer. 1871-George L. Woods. 1873 Samuel B. Axtel. 1875-George W. Emery. 1880-Eli H. Murray. 1886-Caleb W. West. 1890-Arthur L. Thomas. 1893-Caleb W. West.

STATE.

1896-Heber M. Wells. 1905-John C. Cutler. 1909-William Spry.

VERMONT.

1778-Thomas Chittenden. 1789-Moses Robinson.

1790-Thomas Chittenden.

1797-Paul Brigham.

1797-Isaac Tichnor.

1807-Israel Smith.

1808-Isaac Tichnor.

1809-Jonas Galusha.

1813-Martin Chittenden.

1815-Jonas Galusha.

1820-Richard Skinner.

1823-Cornelius P. Van Ness.

1826-Ezra Butler.
1828-Samuel C. Crafts.
1831-William A. Palmer.
1835-Silas A. Jennison.
1841-Charles Paine.
1343-John Mattocks.

1844-William Slade.

1846-Horace Eaton.

1849-Carlos Coolidge.

1850-Charles K. Williams.

1352-Erastus Fairbanks.

1853-John S. Robinson.

1354-Stephen Royce.

1856-Ryland Fletcher.

1858-Hiland Hall.

1860-Erastus Fairbanks.

1861-Frederick Holbrook.

1863-John G. Smith. 1865-Paul Dillingham. 1867-John B. Page. 1869-Peter T. Washburn. 1870 George W. Hendee. 1870-John W. Stewart. 1872-Julius Converse. 1874-Asahel Peck.

1876-Horace Fairbanks.

1878-Redfield Proctor.

1880-Roswell Farnham.

1882-John L. Barstow. 1884-Samuel E. Pingree. 1886-E. J. Ormsbee.

1888-William P. Dillingham. 1890-Carroll S. Page. 1892-Levi K. Fuller.

1894-Urban A. Woodbury.

1896-Josiah Grout.
1898-Edward C. Smith.
1900-W. W. Stickney.
1902-J. G. McCullough.
1904 Charles J. Bell.
1906-Fletcher D. Proctor.
1908-George H. Prouty.
1910-John A. Mead.
1912-Allen M. Fletcher.

VIRGINIA.

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* Ad interim governors are included in this list. Alarcón and Aguayo appear to have been governors of both Coahuila and Texas. In a number of cases the dates are only approximate.

1585-86-Ralph Lane (Governor of Raleigh, first colony). 1587-90-John White (Governor of Raleigh, second colony).

UNDER

THE VIRGINIA COMPANY, 1606-1624.

Residents in England. 1609-18-Sir Thomas Smith (President and Treasurer of London Company).

1618-19-Sir Edwin Sandys (President and Treasurer of London Company). 1619-24-Earl

of Southampton

(President and Treasurer of London Company).

Residents in Virginia.

1607-Edward

(President).

Maria Wingfield

1607-John Ratcliffe (President). 1608-Capt. John Smith (President).

1609-George Percy (President). 1609-18-Thomas West, Lord de la Warr (Lord Governor; governor, though residing in Virginia very little).

1610-Sir Thomas Gates (DeputyGovernor).

1610 Thomas West. 1611-George Percy (Deputy-Governor).

1611 Sir Thomas Dale (DeputyGovernor).

1611 Sir Thomas Gates (Lieut.Governor).

1614 Sir Thomas Dale (DeputyGovernor).

1616-George Yeardley (Deputy

Governor).

1617-Samuel Argall (Deputy-Governor).

1619-Nathaniel Powell (Acting Deputy-Governor).

1619 Sir George Yeardley (Governor).

1621-Sir Francis Wyatt (Governor).

UNDER THE CROWN, 1624-1652. 1624 Sir Francis Wyatt (Governor).

1626-Sir George Yeardley (Governor).

1627-Francis West (Acting Gov

ernor).

1628-John Pott (Acting Governor). 1630 Sir John Harvey (Governor).

1635-John West (Acting Governor).

1636-Sir John Harvey (Governor).

1639 Sir Francis Wyatt (Governor). 1642-Sir William Berkeley (Governor).

1645-Richard Kemp (President of Council in Berkeley's absence in England).

1645 Sir William Berkeley (Governor).

UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH,

1652-1660.

1652-Richard Bennett. 1655-Edward Diggs. 1658-Samuel Matthews. 1659-Berkeley, acting at request of Assembly.

UNDER THE CROWN, 1660-1776. 1660-Sir William Berkeley. 1661-Sir Francis Morrison (Acting Governor).

1662-Sir William Berkeley. 1677-Sir Henry Jefferys (Lieut.Governor).

1678-Sir Henry Chicheley (Lieut.Governor). 1680-Thomas,

(Governor).

Lord Culpepper

1683-Nicholas Spencer (Acting Governor).

1684-Lord Howard of Effingham (Deputy-Governor).

1689-Nathaniel Bacon (Acting Governor).

1690-Sir Francis Nicholson (Lieut.Governor).

1693-Sir Edmund Andros (Governor).

1697-1737 George Hamilton

Douglas, Earl of Orkney (Governor; never in the colony). 1698-Sir Francis Nicholson

(Lieut.-Governor).

1705-Edward Nott (Lieut.-Governor).

1706-Edmund Jennings (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1710-Robert Hunter (Lieut.-Governor; appointed but captured by French). 1710-Alexander (Lieut.-Governor). 1722-Hugh Drysdale (Lieut.-Governor).

Spottswood

1726-Robert Carter (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1727-William Gooch (Lieut.

Governor). 1737-54-William, Earl of Albermarle (Governor; never in the colony).

1740-James Blair (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1741-William Gooch (Lieut.Governor).

1749-John Robinson, Sr. (President of Council and Acting Governor).

1749-Thomas Lee (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1750-Louis Burwell (President of Council and Acting Governor).

1751-Robert Dinwiddie (Lieut.Governor).

1756-68-John Campbell, Earl of Loundoun (Governor; never in the colony).

1758-John Blair (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1758-Francis Fauquier (Lieut.Governor).

1763-68-Sir Jeffrey Amherst (Governer; never in the colony). 1768-John Blair (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1768-70-Norborne Berkeley, Lord de Botetourt (Governor). 1770-William Nelson (President of Council and Acting Governor).

1771-John, Lord Dunmore (Governor).

UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION,

1776-1865. 1776-Patrick Henry. 1779-Thomas Jefferson. 1781-Thomas Nelson, Jr. 1781-Benjamin Harrison. 1784-Patrick Henry. 1786-Edmund Randolph. 1788-Beverly Randolph. 1791-Henry Lee. 1794-Robert Brooke. 1796-James Wood. 1799-James Monroe. 1802-John Page. 1805-William H. Cabell. 1808-John Tyler, Sr. 1811-James Monroe. 1811-George William Smith (Acting Governor after resignation of Monroe). 1811-Peyton Randolph (Acting Governor after death of Smith). 1812-James Barbour. 1814-Wilson Cary Nicholas. 1816-James Patton Preston. 1818-Thomas Mann Randolph. 1822-James Pleasant, Jr. 1825-John Tyler.

1827-William B. Giles. 1830-John Floyd.

1834-Littleton Waller Tazewell. 1836-Windham Robertson (Acting Governor after resignation of Tazewell). 1837-David Campbell. 1840-Thomas Walker Gilmer. 1841-John M. Patton (Acting, pending election).

1841-John Rutherford (Acting, pending election). 1842-John M. Gregory (Acting, pending election). 1843-James McDowell. 1846-William Smith. 1849-John Buchanan Floyd. 1852-Joseph Johnson. 1856-Henry Alexander Wise. 1860-John Letcher. 1864-William Smith.

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